Category: Baby
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On being thoughtful
I’ve not written about how tiring being a single parent was because I could’t find any way to describe it. How do you describe a state of exhaustion which makes you too tired to think of similes and metaphors? And then I read a post On Wanting and new exactly how to describe it. Think […]
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Happy families
Facebook can be very useful sometimes. Life changing announcements are as simple as a quick notification which is what I did with my pregnancy – I posted the baby scan and then everyone who wanted to ‘liked’ and commented. Well, that baby’s father is now part of our family and has moved in to live […]
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Coffee #0003
Percolated coffee with condensed milk. This is breakfast after the sixth night in a row with not much sleep. I’m reading Gone Girl and writing a book review which I won’t talk about yet. My dad is in the hotel across the street and my sister is somewhere off Whiteladies Road. Mersina had porridge for […]
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Soy latte #0001
One soy latte, one dairy flat white, one Eccles cake and one custard tart from Hart’s Bakery. Mersina and I got to Hart’s at the Bristol Temple Meads train station just before 9am after going to our early morning doctor’s appointment at 8.10. We waited at the bakery for her dad who had been out […]
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Breastfeeding awareness week
I’ve read some meaningful and emotive posts on breastfeeding this week and it made me want to share as well but I can’t quite find it in me to go down that route. Instead, here’s a list of all the places I have fed my daughter over the last two years and a bit: The […]
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Sticker Fun Holiday from Top That Publishing (and the Froobles)
I received these books for review after responding to a tweet. I didn’t know the publishers until then. I am already a bit biased pro- Top That Publishing because these books arrived just two days before I was set to travel to Devon with a 2-and-a-quarter old toddler. Look at them: They are perfect toddler […]
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10 identities that I am giving my daughter
We create our children in so many ways from the way we talk, act, behave with others, eat and every single thing we do. Sometimes the responsibility of it all weighs me down but usually it helps me see how I get created as well. Watching it all is an amazing process. I didn’t even […]
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How being a single mother is just being a mother
“I love, more than anything, that I don’t have to take anyone else’s feelings or opinions into consideration when I do something… It’s just me and Jack against the world!” http://www.mothering.com/community/t/219427/why-i-love-being-a-single-mother/420 Here’s something I wrote recently during an argument: “Your membership of this family is not unconditional. I’m sorry if I made you think it […]
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M’s red cardigan
Mersina received the most beautiful hand-knit red cardigan for her birthday from our lovely friend Paula (and Philip!) and I’ve been trying to collect some photos that show off how well this suits little M. Thank you!
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A letter to Mersina, 23 January 2013
I’ve had the strangest worry today that something would happen to me and Mersina wouldn’t have any memory of me. Before the day was over I wanted her to have something that she could keep – some sentiment from me. I’ve never particularly liked those letters that mums write to their children but this was […]
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